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Music Through The Decades

One of the funnest things to look back on is the changes in the music that you've listened to as you've grown up.  There are some people that listen to the same type of music throughout their lives, but I don't know how they do that.  My music preferences have changed a lot over time.

When I was younger I tended to listen to the top 40 music.  It was the stations that my parents mostly listened to until I got a little older (10 or so) and they started listening to oldies.  And by oldies I mean the music they grew up listening to.  I stayed with the top 40 music and also listened to oldies because when you're a kid you don't have much say in what radio station is on in the car.

This was a little more painful when I was with my grandparents as they listened to country.  Now I don't have anything really against country.  Nowadays there is some country that I appreciate, but most of it I still am not a fan of.  It doesn't help that most of it is rather depressing and that's something I don't need anymore of.

As I went through middle and high school I was into rap, as were most people at that age.  It was the time of Eminem and Dr Dre so it was a good time for rap.  A little bit after graduating I slowly moved away from rap and moved towards more rock music.  Around the time that Halo 2 came out I became a big fan of Breaking Benjamin and that led me into other music of that style. 

To this day BB is my favorite band.  Last year I saw them for the first time at the Rave and went and bought the VIP package and was front and center for the show.  It was great, although cut short for some reason which was a little disappointing.  Would have been better if it wasn't a more acoustic set as well.

There was also a period of time that I was really into dubstep, which actually still is something I'm into to this day.  I don't seek out a lot of dubstep or other EDM, but if I hear something I tend to go down the rabbit hole for awhile.

And this tends to be where I'm at with music to this day.  It's no longer about a type of music anymore, it's just what sounds good to me at the moment.  I don't listen too much to the radio anymore as I tend to listen to podcasts when driving so I don't get to hear much of the new stuff.  The last singer that I got into was K.Flay, so that's where I'm at with that.

The one thing that brought this to my mind was listening to the new Gorillaz album.  I heard Clint Eastwood when I got back from vacation to Disney World with my family and fell in love with their music.  As their music evolved over time I fell out with the sound, but the new album has brought me back to loving it.

Just goes to show that nothing ever stays the same.  People change.  Their likes and dislikes change.  Music is just a small bit of that.  It's also a very easy thing to pick out and look at.

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